Unprecedented

oscardeuce

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///t/391206/unprecedented/60#post_3471782
I am in once a month (usually) for the test. Looking for a reading between 2 and 3. It isn't rocket science. It's no sweat to me, the costs are on workers comp. But these tests could easily be done just like the diabetes readings. If we are going to make health care affordable this is the kind of stuff people need to do for themselves to some extent.
The trauma was a car wreck. Worst injury was blowing out my hip socket bad enough that when they lifted me out of the truck the leg bone tore up the nerves in my lower back. That was a fun time.
I understand your thoughts on the reading of the blood coagulation tests. Getting patients compliant with diabetes meds and testing is difficult at best. Cutting someone loose to control their own blood thinners is a plantiff lawyer's dream. That will not bring down costs.
BTW sorry to hear about your accident
 

reefraff

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Originally Posted by oscardeuce http:///t/391206/unprecedented/80#post_3471894
I understand your thoughts on the reading of the blood coagulation tests. Getting patients compliant with diabetes meds and testing is difficult at best. Cutting someone loose to control their own blood thinners is a plantiff lawyer's dream. That will not bring down costs.
BTW sorry to hear about your accident
Dunno why it would be any more so than diabetes testing. It's a simple test and as long as you can read a number on a digital readout...
As I told my wife after the accident, at least I didn't wake up dead or Democrat :)
 

oscardeuce

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Quote: Originally Posted by oscardeuce http:///t/391206/unprecedented/80#post_3471894






I understand your thoughts on the reading of the blood coagulation tests. Getting patients compliant with diabetes meds and testing is difficult at best. Cutting someone loose to control their own blood thinners is a plantiff lawyer's dream. That will not bring down costs.

BTW sorry to hear about your accident



Dunno why it would be any more so than diabetes testing. It's a simple test and as long as you can read a number on a digital readout...

As I told my wife after the accident, at least I didn't wake up dead or Democrat :)
Diabetes is dangerous enough.
I'd love to see the look on my defense attorney when i try to explain that I thought the patient understood how to adjust his anticoagulant does based on the tests. No way to get a depisition froma dead person, and these blood thinners can be deadly.
Are there people out there who could do this very well, of course, but like most things in this country one large lawsuit ruins it for the rest of us.
Liabiltiy #1
 

reefraff

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Originally Posted by oscardeuce http:///t/391206/unprecedented/80#post_3471956
Diabetes is dangerous enough.
I'd love to see the look on my defense attorney when i try to explain that I thought the patient understood how to adjust his anticoagulant does based on the tests. No way to get a depisition froma dead person, and these blood thinners can be deadly.
Are there people out there who could do this very well, of course, but like most things in this country one large lawsuit ruins it for the rest of us.
Liabiltiy #1
Oh trust me, I know. The wife works for a risk management/Malpractice insurance company. You wouldn't believe the stories I've heard. Thing is give the patient a range, 2.2 to 2.8 (they want mine 2~3). If the reading is outside that range you hit the doc's office and let them confirm the reading and reset the dose. I guess I must pay more attention to what's going on than most patients. I always know what my reading and blood pressure is. Heck, if I had the contraption at home I could do weekly checks and be even more safe.
 
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